| At one time, ceramic tile was only for the wealthy. | | | | Everything eventually wears out and must be |
| No more. Today, for the same price as you will pay | | | | discarded. Except ceramic. Have it painted on tile and |
| for manufactured cast resin, imitation marble or other | | | | installed for all time.Framed paintings do not do well in |
| polymer, you can have a one-of-a-kind piece of fine | | | | steamy bathrooms or near greasy cookstoves, |
| art, made by an American artist who is willing to | | | | gathering dust and needing cleaning way too often. A |
| work with YOUR ideas and concepts. Suppose you | | | | tapestry or rug painted on tile will hang beautifully |
| love plants and flowers, but the wall over your sink in | | | | inlaid into any wall. In the hall where people always |
| the kitchen has no window? Tell the artist your | | | | bump paintings is a great idea. Stair risers that always |
| favorites, she will paint your favorite ferns or | | | | get scuffed up can be painted in a myriad of design |
| perennials, in a basket or within its own little garden. | | | | motifs, like southwestern, Mayan or Aztec, any |
| What if you moved south and miss your paper birch | | | | colorful design, and fill a dull stairway with brilliant |
| trees so badly? A mural over your bathroom sink of | | | | color.Do you work too many hours to have pets? A |
| these gorgeous white and black trees, with or | | | | brilliant parrot on the wall in the corner of your |
| without surrounding fall foliage, will guarantee a | | | | livingroom, gleaming feathers shining, will welcome |
| lifetime of the perfect view. No wall space for a | | | | you home, making no noise and quietly demanding no |
| mural? How about accent tiles placed every foot or | | | | food or attention! No other art medium can imitate |
| so of your favorite cooking herbs in an 1800's style, | | | | the iridescence and brilliance of bird feathers like |
| right out of the Farmer's Almanac? Or an | | | | ceramic glaze. A skilled hand-painter can imitate |
| easy-to-clean backsplash behind the kitchen sink of | | | | textures and colored objects from all around the |
| fruits connected by flowering vines all in a lively color | | | | world. Mayan stone carvings, Egyptian hieroglyphics, |
| scheme?The best part about tile is you only have to | | | | even cave art paintings all look so real in ceramic. |
| do it once. You choose timeless and tireless motifs | | | | Solid blocks of color in modern graphic shapes is the |
| and place them where you need something durable. | | | | other end of the design spectrum. Color makes a |
| Side-by-side with gold, ceramic is the most durable | | | | very powerful statement, as we all know.Please do |
| substance we know. What else has told us the | | | | not feel compelled to use what the remodelling |
| history of human culture as accurately? Nothing the | | | | stores offer, the dull and unimaginative and very plain |
| manufacturers have come up with can surpass | | | | tiles they sell in volume. Email a hand-painter and she |
| ceramic tile for lasting beauty. Nothing.Working with | | | | will help you come up with the only one in the world, |
| an artist as opposed to a factory has many benefits. | | | | a unique piece of fine art that is yours alone. |
| The artist has sentimental memories too, and usually | | | | Timeless and elegant decor is only a few weeks |
| does the work she does for other reasons than | | | | away.Dy Witt has over 21 years experience in |
| moving out volumes of product for profit, so she is | | | | painting with ceramic glaze, a difficult and |
| more than happy to fill your space with warm homey | | | | unpredictable medium at best. Find samples of murals, |
| decoration. We all have a favorite old pattern or | | | | accents and 3-D wall sculpture in the true ceramic |
| print, maybe Grandma's stitching or an old tapestry. | | | | process here on her web site. |